Shaad comes online and his name shows up in the forum index page, and I see a banner of shaadi.com from Google on our main index page. There's nothing else in the index page that can prompt such an ad. Coincidence?

Nasif

September 27, 2007, 02:47 PM

I believe shaadi.com has sponsored ad on our site. I have been seeing it for quite a while, regardless of anyone with "shaad". There are few others who have sponsored ad on our site, you can see them popping up quite often.
Like this one:
(http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BJmZ8IQn8RsDjH5u4Vsqj2IMHpMfQJpTGwdYDgOWPoAgAEA EYASDQt4MCOABQlpC83_n_____AWDJlq-I9KPIEKABhLLR-gOqAQozOTYxMDEyMjI2sgEVd3d3LmJhbmdsYWNyaWNrZXQuY29 tugEJNzI4eDkwX2FzyAEB2gE8aHR0cDovL2JhbmdsYWNyaWNrZ XQuY29tL2Fsb2Nob25hL3NlYXJjaC5waHA_c2VhcmNoaWQ9MTU wNDM2gAIBmAKQTqkCBlGATr4NWz7AAgHIApD_0QKoAwHIAwc&num=1&adurl=http://www.timesofmoney.com/remittance/jsp/r2h_welcome_BD.jsp%3Fcreative%3Dgeneric_bd%26marke tingReference%3Dgoogle_search&client=ca-pub-0252001146160463&nm=17&nb=1&jca=5187)Send Money to Bangladesh (http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BJmZ8IQn8RsDjH5u4Vsqj2IMHpMfQJpTGwdYDgOWPoAgAEA EYASDQt4MCOABQlpC83_n_____AWDJlq-I9KPIEKABhLLR-gOqAQozOTYxMDEyMjI2sgEVd3d3LmJhbmdsYWNyaWNrZXQuY29 tugEJNzI4eDkwX2FzyAEB2gE8aHR0cDovL2JhbmdsYWNyaWNrZ XQuY29tL2Fsb2Nob25hL3NlYXJjaC5waHA_c2VhcmNoaWQ9MTU wNDM2gAIBmAKQTqkCBlGATr4NWz7AAgHIApD_0QKoAwHIAwc&num=1&adurl=http://www.timesofmoney.com/remittance/jsp/r2h_welcome_BD.jsp%3Fcreative%3Dgeneric_bd%26marke tingReference%3Dgoogle_search&client=ca-pub-0252001146160463&nm=17&nb=1&jca=5187) - দ্রুত এবং সুরক্ষিত
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Arnab

September 27, 2007, 02:50 PM

Can you target websites like that? I thought it was all context-based.

Nasif

September 27, 2007, 02:54 PM

Google allows targeted ads. If the site is doing gooleads, then anyone can pay for ads to be only on that site. I believe they let you do lot of specifics, like how many impressions you want a day, when etc..

Arnab

September 27, 2007, 02:56 PM

That's sneaky.

Nasif

September 27, 2007, 03:01 PM

Usually you will know its sponsored ad when the ad appears only by itself, taking full width.

Nasif

September 27, 2007, 03:07 PM

Here is the actual link on Google (https://adwords.google.com/select/OnsiteSignupLandingPage?client=ca-pub-0252001146160463&referringUrl=http://www.banglacricket.com/alochona/search.php%3Fsearchid%3D150444&hl=en&gl=US) for ad on BC. Very sneaky indeed.

Kabir

September 27, 2007, 03:23 PM

Calling Google's strategy "dumb" is a little jaw dropping. But anyway, we have our right to call anyone anything.

Shaadi.com is indeed one of the few featured ads we have. I'm surprised you didn't know that Google does targeted ads! :)

Arnab

September 27, 2007, 05:23 PM

Calling Google's strategy "dumb" is a little jaw dropping. But anyway, we have our right to call anyone anything.

The "dumb" comment was supposed to raise eyebrows and invite people into the thread.

Shaadi.com is indeed one of the few featured ads we have. I'm surprised you didn't know that Google does targeted ads! :)

Nope, I didn't know about it. I have relented in following Google around for quite a while now. I am not getting any of the money they are getting, so don't give a **** at the moment, really. It could all change with a six-figure salary at Bangalore, or even Mountain View...

Arnab

September 27, 2007, 05:33 PM

Ah, so they bid on our site in an online auction and the winners get to show their ads, paying a small amount to Google for each impression (that is, each time the ad is loaded into a user's browser). A part of BC is being used like a cheap ho. Google da king pimp is making the big money. Who said pimpin' ain't easy? :)

layperson

September 27, 2007, 06:02 PM

Google er upor eto raag ar obhiman. Seems like somebody got rejected from google and is now on a hate campaign. :-p